Quantitative and qualitative functional evaluation of upper extremity tendon transfers in spastic hemiplegia caused by cerebral palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 679-683

  Van Heest, Ann E ^a,b   Ramachandran, Vimala ^a   Stout, Jean ^b   Wervey, Roy ^b   Garcia, Louis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GILLETTE CHILDREN'S SPECIALTY HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN IGNACIO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Motion laboratory; Spastic hemiplegia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JEBSEN TAYLOR HAND TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHRINER HOSPITAL UPPER EXTREMITY EVALUATION TEST; SPASTIC HEMIPLEGIA; SPASTICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TENDON TRANSFER; THUMB; WRIST; WRIST EXTENSION; ARM; CLINICAL TRIAL; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDON TRANSFER; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 53749092513     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181831eac     Document Type: Article

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